Type-writing machine.



W. J. BARRON.

TYPE WRITING MAGHINB.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1905.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

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W. J. BARRON.

TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 1905.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

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Ms fl/l'orney UNITED STATES PATENT orrion WALTER J. BARRON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ABSIGNOR TO DENSMORE flYPEWRITER COMPANY,

OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A 'UORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TYPE-WRITIN G MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 23, 1909.

Application filed July 21, 1905. Serial No. 270,645.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, \VAL 'ER J. BARRON, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the-borough of Brooklyn, city of New York, in the countyof Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Type-\Vriting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

.My invention relates to printing point indicators forv typewriting machines and one object of the invention is. to provide a simple and ellicient indicating means including a printing point indicator which is automatically moved away from the indicating position at. each printing operation.

A further object of my invention is to )rovide means for throwing the. riotin point indicator out of operation at will.

A still. further object of my invention is to provide an automatically actuated printing point indicator with means cooperating with a. scale to indicate the position of the can riage with reference to the printing point.

To the above and other ends which will. hereinafter appear. my invention consists in the features of construction, arrangements of parts and con'ibinations of devices to be hereinafter described and more particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accoi'npanying drawings, wherein like reference characters indicate correspending parts in the various views, F igure 1' is a fragmentary front elevation of sullicient number of parts of one form of typewriting machines to illustrate my invention in its ap 'ilicatiou thereto. Fig.2 is an enlarged detail vertical sectional view showing the printing point indicator and the associated mechani m. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail front elevation of a portion of the same. Fig -1t is a detail side elevation of the retaining device or latch for locking the printing point indicator out of operation. Fig. 5 is a detail front elevation of the printing point indicator. Fig. (3 is a detailplan or face view of the blank from which the printing point indicator is formed.

I have shown my invention applied to a Monarch machine but it should be under stood that the invention may be applied to ,various forms of typewriting machines:

The frame 1 of the machine has key le-- vers 2 fulcrumed therein inthe usual manner and cooperating with the printing intop plate 3 of the machine is a carriage 4 which is adapted to travel from side to side of the machine and carries a platen Extending beneath the various key levers 2 is a universal bar (3 which is carried by a' universal bar frame 7 pivoted in the base of the machine at the pivotal center 8. A rearwardly extending arm 9 on the universal bar frame is pivoted at 10 to an upwardly extending link 11 which is forked at its upper end 12 for cooperation with an automatically actuated eccentric 13 that effects a fore and aft movement of the link 11 to move a laterally projecting pin 14: thereon in a slot 15 that extends longitudinally of the vibrator actuating lever 16 so that the pin 1% may be automatically mo ved nearer to or further from the fulcrum 17 of the v1- brator actuating lever, thus giving different extents of throw from the normal position to the vibrator, to effect a transverse feed of the ribbon while it is fed longitudinally. This mechanism is essentially the same as that illustrated in the patent to Felbel & Gabrielson No. 703,339, dated June 2l,1902, and fruther description thereof is deemed unnecessary. The forward end of the vibrator actuating lever is forked or bifurcated at 18 where it cooperates with a pivot pin 19 carried by a depending arm 20 on a ribbon vibrator 21. The ribbon vibrator has inwardly bent parallel side edges 2; which are received in grooves in the outer edges of upright arms A On a hxed vibrator guide which is secured in place by screws 25. A printing point indicator 3G is provided with an inwardly bent indicating arm 27 which is, at its indicating end 28, substantially the width of a character to be written on the machine and has an upright line or indicating mark 29 which indicates the exact vertical center of a character written at the printing point. The printing point indicator is pivoted at 30 to a fixed portion of the machine by a headed pivotscrew and an ear or finger 31. projects from the indicator and cooperates with the head of a fixed screw or stop 32 to limit the movement of the indicator to the normal or indicating. position. A contractile spring 33' is secured at one end to the tinger 31 on the indicator and at its opposite end to a 'screw 34 on a fixed portion of the machine to restore the indicator to the normal position. A cam strumentaliti'es to actuate them. Above the t 35 is provided on one sideedge of the indicator for cooperation with the forward end of the ribbon vibrator actuating lever 16,, as illustrated in full lines in Fig. 3,

A spring pressed latch 36 is pivoted at 37 to a bracket plate 38 secured by screws 39 to the segment 40. This spring pressed lock or latch has a finger piece 41 extending therefrom, and a pivoted locking member 42, which is in the form ofa yoke, is pivoted at 43 to the bracket plate B8 so that it may be turned from the full to the dotted line position shown in Fig. t. The bent end 4:4 of

the latch or locking device is adapted to cowhere the hook-like end 44 operate with the printing point indicator at L5 as clearly represented in Fig. 3 in order to lock the indicator in the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3 and to maintain said indicator in the non-indicating position and in a position where the, cam 35 thereon is held out of the path of the vibrator actuating lever 16 so as not to be affected thereby and so as not to affect the operation of the actuating lever 16 and the ribbon vibrator controlled thereby. hen the operator desires to use the printing-point indicator it is merely necessary to swing the locking device or-bail 4.2 over the finger piece 41 while the same is maintained depressed, thereby locking the latch 36 against the tension of its spring and maintaining it in a position thereof cannot engage the indicator.

A platen or carriage scale i6 is carried by and travels with the carriage and is exposed to the view of the operator between the arms 24 and the fixed vibrator guide. The printing point indicator carries an index which comprises two pointers 47 and 48. Then the printing point indicator is in the normal or indicating position the-pointer lS will register with an index on the scale to designate the position of the carriage relatively to the printing oint, whereas when the printing point indicator is in the nonindicating position the pointer {l7 will be moved to a point where it will occupy the same position as that formerly occupied by the'pointer 4:8 and will operate with the scale L6 to indicate the position ofthe carriage with reference to the printing point. From this it will beseen that the position of the carriage may be readily determined by the pointers 47 and 48, whether the printing point indicator be in the indicating or the non-indicating position.

In the operation of the device a depression of a finger key 2 will effect a depres sion of the associate key lever. 2, thereby moving the type bar controlled-by said key lever to the printing position. This same depression of the key lever effects a downward movement of the universal bar and through the link 11 and lever 16, will cause the ribbon vibrator to be elevated, thus interposing the ribbon in the path of the type bar which is approaching the print- As the forward end of the ribbon vlbrator actuating lever 16 is eIemg position.

vated, it is brought into cotiperation with the cam 35 on the printing polnt indicator,

thus moving it from the full to the dotted line position shown in Fig. 3. When pres= sure on the finger key is released the type bar will be restored to its normal position in the usual manner and the universal bar will be elevated by its restoring spring (not shown), thereby causing the ribbon vibrator tomove back to the normal position and the printing point indicator will be restored to its normal or indicating position shown in full lines in Fig. 3 where it will register with the printing point. Should the operator desire to dispense with the use of the printing point indicator, it is merely necessary to move the indicator from the full to the dotted line position shown. in Fig. 3, by hand or otherwise, and effect an engagement between the locking device 36 and the printing point indicator to lock it in the abnormal or non-indicating position.

Various changes may be made in the connation or a printing point indicator, means for automatically moving the indicator to and from the indicating position at each printing operation, and alatch 'for locking the'indlcator out of operation.

3. In a typewriting 1nach1ne,'-the combination of means for automatically moving the ribbon to cover the printing point at each printing operation, an'automatically actuated prlntinig point indicator that is moved to the non-iii icating position when the ribbon is movedto cover the printing point, andmeans for throwing the indicator out of operation at will without affecting the operation of said ribbon movin means.

4. In atypewritin ,mac ine, the combination of a printing oint indicator, means for automatically" moving the indicator to and from the printing point at each printing operation, and a hand actuated latch for with its actuating means.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon vibrator, means'for auto, matically actuating each prlnting operation, a printing ,point indicator adapted to be automatically movedto'and from the printing point at each opsaid ribbon vibrator at.

struction without departing from the spirit looking the indicator out of coiiperation eration of the ribbon vibrator, and means nation of a ribbon vibrator, means for auto" matically actuating said ribbon vibrator at each printing operation, a printing point tor. so

indicator adapted to be automatically actuated at each operation of the ribbon vibrat'or, and'a hand actuated latch for locking the indicator out of operation at will without affecting the automatic operation of the vibrator.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon vibrator, means for automatically actuating the vibrator at each printing operation, anindicator, a cam on the indicator, and means cooperating with said cam to move the indicator-when the vibrator is actuated.

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a. ribbon vibrator, means for actuating said. vibrator, a printing point indicator, and a cam between the indicator and the ribbon vibrator actuating means and by which motion is transmitted from the ribbon vibrator actuating means to the indica- 9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon vibrator, a lever for automatically actuating the vibrator at each printing operation, an indicator, and a cam on one of the indicator and lever elements for automatically actuating the indicator when the lever 15 moved to actuate the vibrator.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon vibrator, means for automatically actuating the vibrator at each printing operatlon, an indicator, a cam on the indicator, means cooperating With said 1 cam to move the indicator when the vibr'atorls actuated, and means for locking Sitld indicator-out of operation at will without affecting-the operation of the vibrator.

11.,In a typewriting machine, the coinbination of :a ribbon vibrator, a lever 'for automatically actuating the vibrator'at each printing operation, an indicator, a cam on the indicator with which said lever cotiper- .ates whenthe lever is moved to actuate'the vibrator, and means for locking said ind-icator out of-operation at will without atiecting the operation of thevibrator.

12,111 a typewriting machlne, the combinationofl a ribbon vibrator, means for automatically actuating said vibrator, a

spring restored printing point indicator pivoted to a fixed portion ofthe machine and normally in the indicating position, a cam on said indicator, a stop to limit the indicator in its movement to the normal position, and automatically actuated means cooperating with the cam to effect an operation of the indicator when the vibrator is actuated.

.12 In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon vibrator, means for automatically actuating said vibrator, a spring restored printing point indicator pivoted to a fixed portion of the machine and normally in the indicating position, a cam on said indicator, a stop to limit the indicator in its movement to the normal position, automatically actuated means cotiperating with the cam to effect an operation of the indicator when the vibrator is actuated, and means for rendering the indicator inoperative without afiecting the operation of the vibrator. I

1+l. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a ribbon vibrator, automatically actuated ribbon vibrator operating means, and a spring restored lever pivoted to a fixed portion ofthe machine and adapted to register with theprinting oint and having a cam that extends into t e path of the vibrator operating means so as to be actuated thereby.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination-of a ribbon vibrator, automatically actuated ribbon vibrator operating-means, a spring restored lever pivoted to a fixed. portion of the machine and adapted to register with the printing point and having a cam that extends into the path'of the vibrator operating 'ni'eans so asto be actuated thereby, and means for locking the lever to one sidewith the cam thereon out of the path of said operating means.

'16.,In a typewriting machine, the combination of a printing point indicator, means for. automatically actuating said indicator at each printing operation, a platen scale, and a separate index on the printing point indicator that registers with said scale.

17. In a typewriting machine, the com bination of a printing point indicator, means for automatically actuating said indicator at each printing operation, a platen scale,- and an index on the printing point indicator that registers with said scale in both the indicating and non-indicating positions of the printing point indicator.

18. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a printing point indicator, means for automatically actuating said indicator at each printing operation, a platen scale, and two pointers on said printing point in-. dicator, one of which registers with the index on the scale when the indicator is in the indicating position' and the other of which registers with an index on the scale when the indicator is in the non-indicating position.

19. In a front-strike typewriting machine, the combination of a vertically movable ribbon vibrator, a horizontally disposed lever which extends fore and aft of the machine for actuating said ribbon vibrator, and a ofNew York, in the county of New Y0i'k printing point indicator pivoted f0 a fixed and State of New York, this 20th day at portion of the machine to vibrate snbstan- July, A. D. 1905. I Liully in a vertical plane and having a cam \VALTER J. BARRON. 5 with whivh said lever coiiperates to actuate \\'itnesses:

the indicator. E. IVELLS,

Signed at the bm-oug'h of Mnnhatmn, city R. H. STRO'IHER. 

